Evan Esar Quotes

You can't judge the ability of a doctor by the amount of praise the undertakers give him.

Evan Esar

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• I pass no judgment about historic events. I defend the human freedoms. Whatever event has taken place throughout history, or hasn't taken place, I cannot judge that.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • History
  • Taken
  • Judge

• 'School of Rock' was just once in a lifetime things; I want to be a doctor, actually. I'd go an do the sequel if they asked me to.

  

  Caitlin Hale
  • School
  • Rock
  • Doctor

• Personal records are not what football is all about, but as goalscorers, we live and die by figures and numbers because, ultimately, that's how people will judge you.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • People
  • Live
  • Die

• I've never judged anybody by how they look or how they dress. I basically judge them on their character. And that's how I lead my own life.

  

  Larry the Cable Guy
  • Life
  • Character
  • Judge

• I try genuinely, when I'm playing a character, to not judge them and just to inhabit someone as how one sees them. That being said, you also want to make sure that you don't blur the edges of people too much because humans are naughty and complicated beings.

  

  Eddie Redmayne
  • People
  • Character
  • Judge

• I've had so many hot, cheesy, corny loves of music in my life. I had a very intense Billy Joel period. So once you've really Joeled it up - there's some good periods of Joel; it's not all hot cheese. But I can't judge anyone else for their cheese. I've deep-sea dived in the Gouda.

  

  Jack Black
  • Life
  • Up
  • Good

• We need clarification regarding the death penalty. It's different in many states... It's a bit different throughout the country, so I look forward to Judge Gorsuch being on the court, Justice Gorsuch being on the court, and bringing some clarification to those issues.

  

  Pam Bondi
  • Different
  • Country
  • Death

• He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

  

  Immanuel Kant
  • Men
  • Heart
  • Man

• The NSA is forbidden to 'target' American citizens, green-card holders or companies for surveillance without an individual warrant from a judge.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • American
  • Judge
  • Green

• I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

  

  Sally Field
  • Time
  • Long
  • Eyes

• I'm trying to convey to my audience that you really can't judge a book by its cover, and there's more to the universe than you can see with your eyes.

  

  Adam Lambert
  • Trying
  • Book
  • Eyes

• When you're brown and Indian, you get offered a lot of doctor roles.

  

  Aasif Mandvi
  • You
  • Doctor
  • Brown

• When the doctor told me I had cancer, I was scared.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • Me
  • Cancer
  • Doctor

• The key in controlling my asthma is pretty simple: I have a good professional diagnosis, and I follow my doctor's instructions closely. You need to acknowledge both.

  

  Gary Valentine
  • Good
  • Pretty
  • Simple

• I'm not an environmentalist, or a doctor, or a nutritionist.

  

  Dan Barber
  • Doctor
  • Nutritionist

• Maud Muller looked and sighed: 'Ah me!That I the Judge's bride might be!He would dress me up in silks so fine,And praise and toast me at his wine.'

  

  Vanity
  • Up
  • Judge
  • Wine

• 'To judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave.'

  

  Elvis Presley
  • Power
  • Judge
  • Ocean

• I don't have the wherewithal to judge God's will. I don't have the wherewithal to determine whether your viewpoints are right or wrong.

  

  Amul Thapar
  • God
  • Judge

• I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every reason and supervision for adulation is lacking.

  

  Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
  • Believe
  • Possible
  • Praise

• It's because I like you, I don't want to be with you. It's a complicated emotion.

  

  Walt Disney
  • Want
  • Emotion
  • I Like You

• Theater is about interpretation and what an actor and what a director brings to a piece too. I'm open to it every time I work with a director and a group of actors. I have to be open to that interpretation. I'm not one of those hysterical playwrights that come and say, "This is not what I intended to do." It's one rendition of the piece.

  

  Nilo Cruz
  • Actor
  • Theater
  • Director

• In the time that we're here today, more women and children will die violently in the Darfur region than in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Israel or Lebanon. So, after September 30, you won't need the UN - you will simply need men with shovels and bleached white linen and headstones.

  

  George Clooney
  • Men
  • Children
  • Today

• Honor is the moral conscience of the great.

  

  William Davenant
  • Moral
  • Honor
  • Army

• You can't judge the ability of a doctor by the amount of praise the undertakers give him.

  

  Evan Esar
  • Judge
  • Praise
  • Doctor